Matamoros Lyrics - Billy Walker

In old Mexico I stand on the square in Matamoros 

Round a Plazza the couples were walking to music so sweet 

I've found my love not too long ago in Matamoros 

But I'm feeling low as the beggar who sits in the street 

All the promises that she made me with eyes black as midnight 

How could I know how fickle her promise would be 

Now I'm back to find for I feel is mine in Matamoros 

And there'll be bad trouble if I catch her cheating on me 

Streets're narrow and dark and tequilla runs free in Matamoros 

I stopped for one moment outside at Maguel's swinging doors 

My heart breaks to hear the same haunting sounds of Granada 

She once called it our song and vowed should be mine evermore 

Then across the square went this wild young bracero I see her 

Laughing and dancing and tossing her raven black hair 

They'd may take a hand when I face this man from Matamoros 

For the love of my woman is one thing that I'll never share 

[ guitar ] 

Now I walk in the night far away from the lights of Matamoros 

And recall the last moments when I knew she loved me more than life 

I can still hear her cry I love you and I'll prove it Manana 

Then seeing my danger she jumped in front of his knife 

I know the stories they'll tell in dimly casinos 

Of the raven haired beauty who for her love laid dead on the floor 

They'll speak of the fight with the gringo that night in Matamoros 

And wonder what happened for he never returned anymore oh oh hoo